I am mystified by how much distain there is for Brad Miller. I realize that Brad has made more errors from the 7th inning on than almost the entire team, and that several of those have cost the Mariners victories directly... BUT Brad has only one more error than GOLD GLOVER Seager this year, and Miller has had more total plays than Seager in fewer games. Moreover, Brad's 14 errors are better than all but 12 players who have played SS this year. One last point, Fangraphs advanced defensive metrics puts Brad as the 10th BEST SS this year...
BUT the Mariners, and almost all fans would rather have a guy with 26 games at the MLB level, 100 at bats, be GIVEN the starting SS position. REALLY???
Are we that stupid AGAIN!!! Did it work when Franklin was handed the starting position? How about giving it to Miller last year? How about Taylor this year? How many times do we have to make the same mistake??? Why not have a competition? What are we afraid of? Make Marte proven it again next year? The Mariners obviously do not care that Marte has a weaker arm, less range - especially going left, has a lot less power when batting, and who has NEVER performed at such a high OBP / walk rate in his life.
No instead the guy who WOULD have had a ton of trade value IF Kingston keeps his mouth shut, is now the guy who has to battle Jones and youngster Flores - who are ALL LEFT handed, ALL have trouble hitting left handed pitching, and there is NOT a right handed complement any where close for any of them in CF.
I know I am on my own island... so go ahead and roast me again...and I do remember this is SSI, so even the roasting will be thorough and make more sense than my rant.